Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-12-10
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tho tiny mortal WIS still living.-San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
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What the Preps Says OF Men and Women
Moro or Less Noted.
A Chinese girl, Kin Yamoi, takes the high
est position among the recent graduates OF
th. New 5Yok Women's Medical college.
| John Wenamakcr, tho Philadelphia mer-
chant, is said to carry the heaviest life IN
s,,rancc maintained by any American citi-
zen. Tho policies on his life amount to
5000, Geo, tho premium on which is 1000
annually
There was series Of coincidents In the
life OF Robert Stoepel, the composer, who
made twenty years Of music in London,
twenty in Paris and twenty in New York
lJc bought an annuity just before he died,
j and, Of course, never drew cent on it. He
had just agreed to move into q now home,
and he .wsls moved In feet forcmost-and
burieds3 5ASthere Wien death began stiff
fleming Ills fingers be had just dropped from
them the pen with which he put tho lnis-
ing touches to the score Of q now comic OPP
era, 1.-THE False Prophet"
Jennie Gibson, remarkably handsome
girl of 49, living with her parents in tho town
of Arkwright, N. Y, has mover seen the
world by daylight, though enabled by limp
! light to sew and read just Us clear as any
body. Up to the age of or years she was
believed TO be totally blind. Eminent oculisrs
pronounced her SO, and gave tho parents ITO
encouragement. The parents noticed, how
ever, that after tho lamp was lighted sho
gave evidence of seeing, and gradually this
power of sight grew upon her, until the littlo
one played with her dolls and toys by artit-
cial light as engerly as other children by day
| light She has been great reader and is fa-
miliar with all the best authors Her case
has attracted much attention among doctors
Mr. David Plunkct, who has been reported
seriously i'll with rheumatic fever, is do
servedly one Of the most popular men i'll par
lament. Noted for his geniality, humor and
gayety, he is also great deal moro than
pleasant member Of society. He is man Of
many accomplishments, and is one of the
most graceful, most finished and most tasci-
mating speakers in the house OF commons
The excessive beauty of his language and tho
exquisite precision with which ovon i'll un-
prcmeditatcd efforts he rounds his sentences
recall the traditions of his grandfather, Lord
Plunket, whom old parliamentary critics
who had heard Canning and Brougham and
Peel pronounced the finest speaker they had
ever known. What is very remarkable about
Mr. Plunlet's oratory is that certain stam-
mer or impeachment in his speech, which i'll
ordinary conversation is so marked rs to be
inconvenient, entirely vanishes as soon as he
is on his legs, leaving nothing but slight
deliberation which lends emphasis to his rhe-
torical points.
The man who proposes to render steam and
electricity secondary mechanical forces to all
time, John w. keely of Philadelphia, was in
New York the other day. Tho discovsrer Of
new force, not yet explained to the public. is
six feet high, and over and well built Tho
epithets tall and awkward can well be applied
TO him. His shoulders are little stoope'
but very broad. His face is swarthy AMI
shaded by large black side whiskcrs. His
eyes are dark and piercing and have no
trace of lunacy in their glances. His under
jaw is well developed He does not show
premature ago from excessive application,
hut app e2sII to DO in the prime Of life and the
full enjoyment Of vigorous manhood For
many years he has devoted his time to per-
fecting his motor and the Philadclphians
who have subscribed to the motor stock COM
pany have great faith in him. few min-
utes' conversation with him proves conclu-
sively that he is intensely in earnest and real
ly believes he has found new force. lie
said that three months ago he perfected his
force, and in six months it would be given to
tho public. For over twelve years he has
been ut work on scientific book which will
BIO published within year, explaining his
now motor. The newspapers, he said, had
reviled him, SO he never submitted to an in
terview.
GAS tho hands of the clock neared the hour
Of 11,n says writer describing visit to Mr..
Spurgeon's big church i'll London, 70 bell
iingled in the rear Of the church, and then
came movement that filled the room with a
bewildcring hustle 1t was the signal that
seats were no longer reserved and everybody
rushed for the best vacant one to be had.
When this tumult had subsidized and precisely
ut the minute u heavy, almost 'podSy,' man,
beyond the middle and still in the prime OF
life, came half hobbling down Il narrow aisle
leading from door in tho rear to the pulpit
platform He had to help himself with his
hands alternately on the top of the pcws be-
tween which he passed. Hc walked heavily
and with apparent pain, the result of tho
rheumatic govt, which had again disabled
him and is liable to end his active labors at
any time. Mr.. spurgeon is neither tall
nor short, but he is 'stocky,' and with
full beard and heavy features, hair auburn
sandy and face quite full bloodcd he appears
typical Englishnan. At times MS looked
and listened his face recalled somewhat that
of the late President Arthur, but Mr.. Spur
;,eon's is the broader and not so finc as MIR.
Arthur's was in the last years of his life, and
then Mr. Sturgeon lacks oil the figure and
grace that belonged to the dead executive.
II ono word were to be used to describe oil
about Spurgcon and his tabernacle, and his
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